west1 nounwest2 adjectivewest3 adverb
westwest1, West /west/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [singular, uncountable] 
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- Which way is west?
- A fierce solidarity was forged of a kind that has become archaic in the west.
- It stops short at the Palace in the west, and the Admiralty in the north.
- The weather continued to deteriorate with low-flying scud and rain squalls from the west.
- This leads to the final area of resemblance to the great cities of the west, namely social structure.
WORD SETS► Geography
Collocationsabyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the east/west/north/south coast
Phrases· We stayed on the south coast of the island.
► the east/west etc side· The shop was on the west side of Culver Street.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► far· But this one, like the others, had strayed too far to the west, away from its regular migratory route.· This year it may go even farther west than First Avenue.· In 1899 Watson came on a second tour and this time went to the far west.· Mola had estimated that it should take about three weeks to conquer the coastal area as far west as Santander.· Along the so-called M4 corridor, as far west as Newport in Gwent, new, technically sophisticated smaller industries were mushrooming.
► wild· In shoot out you are in a wild west street with various characters appearing from behind sheds and windows.· Providing the military or the wild west sea don't thwart your plans, I doubt very much these climbs will disappoint.· Suddenly lurching for a wild west alternative, the Tories now oblige Labour to talk honestly about tax.
NOUN► south· The largest increases hit the south east, London, the south west and East Anglia.· It was a big ship, on Harker's Rock, about three hundred metres away to the south west.· Best of south west waters at the moment.· At the time, the south west of the province was the only breeding zone for the red Cassel.· Further round soared the precipitous south west rockface of Baruntse, flanked by its satellite range of peaks.· The Wessex area in the south west, for example, has leaned towards a lecture-based structure in order to convey information.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► due north/south/east/west► extreme west/end/left etc
Word family- At noon, the storm was 150 miles due east of New York City.
- As we were heading due north, we would remain to the right, or east, of that squiggle.
- Beehive, another sulfide edifice, is a five-minute submersible ride due west of Moose.
- Fort William is due north of Glasgow but the Ben Nevis range effectively barred a direct course for the line.
- Jouctas is also clearly seen, to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.
- The direction is there, she said when she came down, and she pointed due west.
- The main track on which they were travelling led due west for a while and then turned slightly north.
- The road into Mountain Province, due east of Tamarong, zigzagged along a sharp ridge high above the rice terraces.
- This he grew long and combed up, due north.
- But the extreme ends of the continent seem afflicted with retro-chic shallowness when it comes to cocktails.
- Developing your film To get your film developed you need to go to the extreme left of the upper level.
- Evictions are the extreme end of the bailiff's duties.
- Moving down to the extreme left he was discovered by the enemy, and a full battery opened upon him.
- Passage is possible through the branches on the extreme left.
- Roots and leafless bushes stuck up wildly at the extreme end of the strip.
- So why was she tempted to invent such an extreme ending?
- The extreme left doors date from 1948, the work of Arrigo Menerbi, showing the tribulations of early Christians.
WORD FAMILYadjectivewestwesterlywesternwestboundwesternizedwestwardnounwestwesternwesternerwesterlywesternizationadverbwestwestward(s)verbwesternize
1the direction towards which the sun goes down, and which is on the left if you are facing northfrom/towards the west
A damp wind blew from the west.to the west (of something) a village to the west of Brussels2the west the western part of a country or area: There’s a slight chance of some sunshine in the west.west of the west of the islandwest1 nounwest2 adjectivewest3 adverb
westwest2, West ●●● S3 W3 adjective [only before noun] (written abbreviation W) Word OriginWORD ORIGINwest2
ExamplesOrigin:
Old EnglishEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- We drove down the west coast of the U.S.
WORD SETS► Geography
Collocationsabyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the east/west/north/south coast
Phrases· We stayed on the south coast of the island.
► the east/west etc side· The shop was on the west side of Culver Street.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► due north/south/east/west► extreme west/end/left etc
Word family- At noon, the storm was 150 miles due east of New York City.
- As we were heading due north, we would remain to the right, or east, of that squiggle.
- Beehive, another sulfide edifice, is a five-minute submersible ride due west of Moose.
- Fort William is due north of Glasgow but the Ben Nevis range effectively barred a direct course for the line.
- Jouctas is also clearly seen, to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.
- The direction is there, she said when she came down, and she pointed due west.
- The main track on which they were travelling led due west for a while and then turned slightly north.
- The road into Mountain Province, due east of Tamarong, zigzagged along a sharp ridge high above the rice terraces.
- This he grew long and combed up, due north.
- But the extreme ends of the continent seem afflicted with retro-chic shallowness when it comes to cocktails.
- Developing your film To get your film developed you need to go to the extreme left of the upper level.
- Evictions are the extreme end of the bailiff's duties.
- Moving down to the extreme left he was discovered by the enemy, and a full battery opened upon him.
- Passage is possible through the branches on the extreme left.
- Roots and leafless bushes stuck up wildly at the extreme end of the strip.
- So why was she tempted to invent such an extreme ending?
- The extreme left doors date from 1948, the work of Arrigo Menerbi, showing the tribulations of early Christians.
WORD FAMILYadjectivewestwesterlywesternwestboundwesternizedwestwardnounwestwesternwesternerwesterlywesternizationadverbwestwestward(s)verbwesternize
1in the west or facing the west: the west door of the church farmers in West Africa2a west wind comes from the westwest1 nounwest2 adjectivewest3 adverb
westwest3 ●●● S3 W3 adverb (written abbreviation W) ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- Go west on I-80 toward Denver
- The window faces west.
- Cowtown Keeylocko is approximately 41 miles west on Ajo.
- Major bridges will be required to cross the Kerteh river and two rivers running northwest and west from Kemaman Point.
- Originally from New Hampshire, Sheridan made the journey west in 1994, and now resides in Utah.
- So he had no choice but to head west again, then north toward salvation.
- The city of Custer, located 15 miles west of the park, has several restaurants and grocers.
- The Kushans controlled the exchange of goods as they moved east and west.
- Trade moves east across the bridge and it will not be long before the Ottoman armies will move west.
- We headed west, crossed Sixth Avenue.
WORD SETS► Nature
Collocationsbackwater, nounbank, nounbank, verbbare, adjectivebarrier reef, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbeck, nounbelt, nounbillow, nounbiting, adjectivebitter, adjectiveblack ice, nounblast, nounblazing, adjectivebleach, verbblizzard, nounblow, verbblowy, adjectivebluff, nounbluster, verbblustery, adjectivebog, nounboiling, adjectiveboulder, nounbracing, adjectivebreaker, nounbreeze, nounbreezy, adjectivebrook, nounbrush, nounbrushwood, nounburn, nounbutte, nouncanyon, nouncascade, nouncataract, nouncave, nouncavern, nounchange, verbchasm, nounchoppy, adjectiveclap, nounclear, verbclement, adjectivecliff, nouncloud, nouncloudburst, nouncloudy, adjectivecoast, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncone, nouncopse, nouncountry, nouncranny, nouncrater, nouncreation, nouncreep, verbcrisp, adjectivecrosswind, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundale, noundell, noundense, adjectivedew, noundewdrop, noundewfall, noundewy, adjectivedisgorge, verbdog days, noundownpour, noundownriver, adverbdownstream, adverbdownwind, adverbdrift, verbdrift, noundriftwood, noundrizzle, noundrop, verbdrop, noundrought, noundry, adjectivedry land, noundull, adjectivedune, nounduster, noundust storm, nouneast, adjectiveeddy, nounelectrical storm, nounequable, adjectiveeye, nounface, nounfail, verbfair, adjectivefall, nounfell, nounfen, nounfield, nounfierce, adjectivefiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood, verbflood, nounflood tide, nounflotsam, nounflow, nounflow, verbflower, nounflurry, nounfog, nounfogbound, adjectivefoggy, adjectivefoothill, nounfoothold, nounford, nounforeshore, nounforest, nounfoul, adjectivefreak, adjectivefreeze, nounfresh, adjectivefreshen, verbfreshwater, adjectivefrost, nounfury, noungale, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungentle, adjectivegeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglen, noungnarled, adjectivegrassy, adjectivegreen, adjectivegreenery, nounground, nounground level, noungulley, noungully, noungust, noungust, verbgusty, adjectivehail, nounhailstone, nounhailstorm, nounhaze, nounheadwind, nounheath, nounheather, nounheat wave, nounhigh tide, nounhigh water, nounhill, nounhillock, nounhillside, nounhill station, nounhilly, adjectivehoarfrost, nounhot spring, nounhummock, nounhurricane, nounice, nouniceberg, nounice cap, nouninclement, adjectiveincline, nounIndian summer, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninshore, adverbisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounjetsam, nounjungle, nounknoll, nounlake, nounlakeside, adjectiveledge, nounlightning, nounlip, nounloch, nounlough, nounlow tide, nounlow water, nounmarshland, nounmeadow, nounmere, nounmild, adjectivemillpond, nounmire, nounmist, nounmisty, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmonsoon, nounmoonless, adjectivemoor, nounmoorland, nounMother Nature, nounmound, nounmountain, nounmountainous, adjectivemountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudflat, nounmull, nounmurmur, verbmurmur, nounnarrows, nounnestle, verbnew moon, nounnook, nounnorth, adjectivenortheast, adjectivenortheaster, nounnortheasterly, adjectivenortherly, adjectivenorthwest, adjectivenorthwester, nounnorthwesterly, adjectivenotch, nounoasis, nounonshore, adjectiveooze, nounoutcrop, nounovercast, adjectiveozone, nounpack ice, nounpalisade, nounpanorama, nounparch, verbparched, adjectivepass, nounpatchy, adjectivepeak, nounpeal, nounpeasouper, nounpebble, nounpelt, verbpenumbra, nounperishing, adjectivepinewood, nounpinnacle, nounpitiless, adjectivepond, nounpour, verbprecipice, nounprospect, nounpuddle, nounquicksand, nounradiate, verbraging, adjectiverain, nounrainbow, nounrain drop, nounrainfall, nounrainstorm, nounrainwater, nounrainy, adjectiverange, nounrapids, nounrarefied, adjectiveravine, nounraw, adjectiverecede, verbreedy, adjectivereef, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrime, nounrise, verbrise, nounrock, nounrocky, adjectiveroll, verbrolling, adjectiverough, adjectiverural, adjectivescenery, nounscud, verbsea breeze, nounsea mist, nounset, verbshore, nounsky, nounslope, nounsludge, nounsnow, nounsnowbound, adjectivesnow-capped, adjectivesnowdrift, nounsnowfall, nounsnowflake, nounsnowstorm, nounsnowy, adjectivesouth, adjectivesoutheast, adjectivesoutheaster, nounsoutheasterly, adjectivesoutherly, adjectivesouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivespinney, nounspring, nounstream, nounsullen, adjectivesultry, adjectivesummer, nounsummit, nounsun, nounsundown, nounsun-drenched, adjectivesunrise, nounsunset, nounsunshine, nounswamp, nounsweep, verbswollen, adjectivetempestuous, adjectivethaw, verbthaw, nounthicket, nounthin, adjectivethunder, verbthunderbolt, nounthunderstorm, nounthundery, adjectivetide, nountreeless, adjectivetree-lined, adjectivetrough, nounturf, nountussock, nountwilight, nounvale, nounvalley, nounverdant, adjectivevisibility, nounvoid, nounwashout, nounwater, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterside, nounwaterspout, nounwax, verbwest, adjectivewest, adverbwestbound, adjectivewesterly, adjectivewesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwet, adjectivewhirlpool, nounwhirlwind, nounwhite horses, nounwhitewater, nounwild, adjectivewill o' the wisp, nounwind, nounwindstorm, nounwindswept, adjectivewindy, adjectivewood, nounwooded, adjectivewoodland, nounwoodsy, adjectivewoody, adjectivezephyr, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the east/west/north/south coast
Phrases· We stayed on the south coast of the island.
► the east/west etc side· The shop was on the west side of Culver Street.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► go· But Helper had gone West in the decade before the Civil War.· William did not go West on an existential errand; the end of his journey was known.· But she was quiet and respectful, and she was eager to go West.· At some point Amelia Harres went west to visit her, and there she met Alfred Otis.· Brownson went west to Detroit to teach school, but the old debates about Calvinism followed him even there to the frontier.· The time zone changes as we went west further increased our sensation that time was no longer a hard fact.
► head· I turned on to the paved state road and headed west, and Janir went back to his Stephen King.· Joseph and Leavenworth meant two days saved for early settlers heading west in ox-drawn wagons.· Receiving assurances that there was no ethnic dimension to the role he had been offered, Hoch hopped a plane headed west.· We headed west, crossed Sixth Avenue.· So he had no choice but to head west again, then north toward salvation.
► look· For well over a century the White House had been looking west.· It took her breath to look cast, it filled her heart to look west or south.· All the burned bodies looked west in the stiff pose of men, eyes right, on parade.· They looked west, where Moua had looked.
► move· Their ancestors travelled in man's wake, in separate waves north and south around the icy Alps as farmers moved west.· Trade moves east across the bridge and it will not be long before the Ottoman armies will move west.· Disturbed by these developments, and having somewhat calmed Noakhall, Gandhi moved west toward the Punjab.· Friends of his had moved west to make fortunes now that livestock was shipped by railroad from the great range to Chicago.· Soon, Laemmle moved west and opened a movie studio on a 230-acre ranch north of Hollywood.· The storm moved west in blue-white rattling streaks.· The Methodists moved west from Baltimore to Kansas and lorded it over the border states.· Baltimore Colts owner Carroll Rosenbloom wants to move west.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► out west► go westPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► due north/south/east/west► extreme west/end/left etc
Word family- But Helper had gone West in the decade before the Civil War.
- But she was quiet and respectful, and she was eager to go West.
- It goes west along the river Humber before passing north around the western edge of the Yorkshire Wolds.
- Jack went west for a holiday in the summer of 1954 while he contemplated his future.
- The full quota of how many and whose scripts went west in this rethink will probably never be known.
- William did not go West on an existential errand; the end of his journey was known.
- At noon, the storm was 150 miles due east of New York City.
- As we were heading due north, we would remain to the right, or east, of that squiggle.
- Beehive, another sulfide edifice, is a five-minute submersible ride due west of Moose.
- Fort William is due north of Glasgow but the Ben Nevis range effectively barred a direct course for the line.
- Jouctas is also clearly seen, to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.
- The direction is there, she said when she came down, and she pointed due west.
- The main track on which they were travelling led due west for a while and then turned slightly north.
- The road into Mountain Province, due east of Tamarong, zigzagged along a sharp ridge high above the rice terraces.
- This he grew long and combed up, due north.
- But the extreme ends of the continent seem afflicted with retro-chic shallowness when it comes to cocktails.
- Developing your film To get your film developed you need to go to the extreme left of the upper level.
- Evictions are the extreme end of the bailiff's duties.
- Moving down to the extreme left he was discovered by the enemy, and a full battery opened upon him.
- Passage is possible through the branches on the extreme left.
- Roots and leafless bushes stuck up wildly at the extreme end of the strip.
- So why was she tempted to invent such an extreme ending?
- The extreme left doors date from 1948, the work of Arrigo Menerbi, showing the tribulations of early Christians.
WORD FAMILYadjectivewestwesterlywesternwestboundwesternizedwestwardnounwestwesternwesternerwesterlywesternizationadverbwestwestward(s)verbwesternize
1towards the west: The route then heads west over Gerrick Moor.west of The walk starts at Alnham, six miles west of Bridge of Aln. a west-facing window2 out west to or in the western part of a country or area, especially the US: The family moved out west to Kansas.3go west British English old-fashioned a)to die – used humorously b)to be damaged or ruined – used humorously